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-OFFICIAL ORGAN 00 WAYCROSS ANb WARE COUNTY BOARD
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EDUCATION
WAYCROSS, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1911
VOLUME XVIII
NUMBER 124
CHAimiWO
R. a^RuGC^ SELL# OUT'TO A.
T. SMITH, WHO DIVIDES WITH
CECIL SPEAR. '
One of the most Important business
Changes of recent date in'Wajrcrbsa
eras that whereby B, O. 8oniae> dl»-
posed of hla Intoreat in the Scruggs
Pharmacy to A. T. Smith, who baa
WANTS A BIG
• TRACT OF LAND
ONE OF BOARD OF 'TRADE IN
QUIRIES CALLS FOR LARGE
TRACT.
MABEL PAIGE AT SOME MORE DOPE !FIVE CANDIDATES
FOR SENATORSHIP
Wanted—a tract of land in the sec
tion about Waycross. Said tract to
be from 50,OftO to 100,000 acres In
slse.
That's an ohe Inquirer asks In a
Board of Trade today. It Isn’t much,
been manager of the store for some 1 letter^ to Secretary Andrews of the
time. Mr. Smith, has disposed of a
part Interest to Mr Cecil Spear, until
recently with Payne’s Drug Store. Mr.
Spear has closed the store he opened
la the .Southern building, and will at-
IN CLEVER AND-‘AMUSING PLAY
“THE BACHELOR'S HONEY.
MpON."
Mable Paige and a strong company
will giro ’The Bachelor's Honey
moon*' at Parker theater tonight at
popular prices.
As an actress Mable Paige already
enjoys a reputation throughout the
South that Alls theaters wherever she
conslEeNng some deals Cha* have , ^ ^ |s e , #w _ „„„ ,
• clever company wlh tier. The pluya
relucted for Waycross are new ones.
been made In this section, but
means business
The inquiry corner from a man who
tor this date be found at 8crugga I means to settle whatever tract he
The drug store will lie known In
future as l.aOrande Pharmacy. The
store, already one of the prettiest
and most up..^Tda(e in t"ae state, 7
will t he greatly improved. The own
ers are both well and favorably
known in Waycross, and will no
doubt continue to enjoy the patron
age given them by their many friends.
purchases. It will be to the ad van*
tage of Waycross If-the purchase is
and will pTove amusing from start
to finish. “The Bachelor s Honeymoon
Is the offering tonight.
K SPECIAIL NOTICE.
Nomination, election and Installatio
Opt officers Monday Jan. 9th.at 7:30 p.
m. Smoker afterwards. All members
be sure and come
Sherod Collins B. G. Finn
Secty. Councilor.
7 2t.
* Light and dark percales, yard-wide
10c yard. -~t \
9 2t Humphreys & Williamson. •
WHAT MAY HAPPEM IFA FEW | THEY ARE:' C'ANOLER, BRANTLEY, 1 A. M
“IFS" BECOME REALTIES. ! HARDWICK, COVINGTON AND !
j TERRELL.
jBy C. Fort Andrew* >, ; j
Waycfoaa, with the offlelai cenau.il Allauta, Ca.. Jan. To all In-
flgurca of 11,185, baa almost a sutc I j ( ,m 3 end purpoiea, there are five
thing in sixth place In Gcorgl:«. j candidates for the United 8tatea
This statement Is madfe entirely on t geuatorshlp from Georgia, to succeed
guess work, backed up solely on fie; tbe !atc i| 0n . Stephen 8. Clay, from
official figures announced for the largj time that Senator Terrel’s special
er cities, andfthe population of Claticf. n]>pointinent expires, In June. Not
county, of which Athena is the cblet al j of the80 candidates have formally
clt y* • announced, but It Is pretty generally
In 1900 Waycross was the eleventh ; understood among their friends that
city In Georgia In point of size. The j when the Toll la called up yonder at
cities ahead of Waycroas then Includ-! f j l0 state capitol, or at the polls at
jed Atlanta, Savannah, Macou. Augusi the case may be, they will be there.
| Columbus, Brunswick, Rome Athens,! hpj-c they are:
made In this section. If you have '' TllH C! ‘ 1 "’ e '' » I “ ,ay ,h »* j America. and Gridin. So, far the cen-! Murphy Candler, atate railroad
“ - - - ■ ™)oy, win bn the ottering W,,,,, „„ „„ w ,.vc,o„ prJ ( . on , ml „ tom „, ttrst Muiln t0 H , ahol ,
day rdglit. , Reaerw>yoru t-KM l PnfF , „ e d e nt over Homo and Anicricua only
such a tract for sale, send a descrip
tion of same to the' Board of Trade,
telling distance from Waycross, hy
what roads reached, and you will he
placed in dlrct communication with
the pprospeeC Information of 4*ls
kind Is for Board of Trade memliers.
JUDGE RANEY DEAD.
Tallahassee, Fla.. Jan. 0.--Judse
George P. Roney, aged cr>, one of the
leading jurists of this state, died
day night. Reserve your scats In ad
vance at Scruggs Pharmacy. The sale
Ih large, and naturally the best seats
go to the early callers. The perform
ance of this company are guaranteed,
and money will be refunded at the
box offiffice to anyone dlssatmrtled.
but It Is known Wuycrosti is larger
than Griffin and Brunswick. This
brings Waycross up- four cities., and
next to If not a head of Athens.
Clarke county In JJHH) had i/,708
people.
Warren C. Candler and Asa G. Can
dler, is considerably talked of.
Congressman W. Q. Brantley is
widely reported as having the bee In
his bonnet, buzzing so loudly that It
Is the only political sound he can
with a population of 23.273, only 31G
more than the population pf Ware
county.^whlch is 22,958. Using the
! 1000 figures alene, which gavte Athens
Mr. R. Gentry, State agent farmers’| 10,345 peopple, and giving the city
MR. E. GENTRY T QBE HERE.
here yesterday afternoon from jmeu* . . - „ . ...
co-operation demonstration work, will j all of the Increase ClaTke allows for
, _ be at the court house in Waycross on 1910, Athens will have 13,SB) people,
her of years chief justice of the Su- ;
January 17th to glvo instructions^ In ' Hut all of the Increase will not gq to
| Athens, and-the official announcement
T; will tyear this out.
! The Increaso in 'Clarke county In-
! eluding the increase, whatever that
j may be, In Athen©.city.'wi^ t fff 5.. A<1
'fTofigurc
preme court of F’orlda. Ho ’
confederate veteran * £ > 11
The funeral will he held this* at f
ternoon.
JLJiiJLJ™-"*' . —
the selection of seed corn.
J J. ft. W. Smith,
Special Agent. Ware County.
Can Make No Mistake
By Wearing a Suit Made by
Sam W. Peck
and Co.
Strause & Bros.
The best dressed men you meet on the street
are wearing them.
They are the best on the market today.
Any tiling You Need For Boys.
i dlug ail of Tills totholiJ ffoflgures foi
In 1910 Clark© is credited u 8 ten to.
Congressman T. W. Hardwick wants
it. Ills announcement Is confidently
predicted by bit Augusta friends.
lion. W. A. Covington, of Moul
trie, former Georgia, legislator, Is
menUoncd in the samo connection
find lias u sizoug following In south
Georgia.
Sonator Joseph M, Terrtll, will, of
course, be in the race to succeed
himself.
- A significant circumstance is th©
fact, that practically: all these gen-,
tlenicn are figuring on entering tile
I Athens city n population, as (old, of. race „ n the hypothesis that Hoke
lfi,814 ts given. Probably us much | Smith will not be In it-that is all
as one fourth of the Increase went, j 0 f them but Senator Teneli will bo
to the county outside <of Athens. A in p whether or no. The situation
fourth of the increase Is 1,391 and « j Klmtily serves to illustrate, In his
frncion. Taking this from the 15,810 j connection, the growing belief that!
j Athens dty is given a population of! itolre Smith is for the Immediate fti- ]
14,418, Waycross has 14,483. j turo nioro interested in the govern-j
Ranking as sixth,rlty, or even *cv- j orsfilp than in th© senatorshlpp. ■
©nt'ii, Waycross will receive more at-j if there isie four or five candidate.-, j
tendon, and will get ino;© considers i t„ th© race it will seriously compll
tlon, than she would otherwise. The i c0 t 0 the question of holding or not
growth has beon sufficient lo attract j holding a primary, for with that many
many Investors within the last few, njell (n t |,e race It would be pracli-
days. When li becomes officially I ( . a i)y ceitaln that a second primary
known that Waycross Is next to Golnm 0 nld have ,to be held, Involving*
T. ..I effete
Son., wwhich Is under
agement of A. M Knight,
copy quarters In !.a
at Ihe corner of
Plant Avenue
The corner store at this point
been leased for five yean, and
give the agency /named more room
and a better location. The business
has grown considerably In the lost
year, and the jneed of more room,
caused the eba:
NEW WESTERN
. A. MAXWELL TRANSFERRED
TO NATCHEZ, MISS.
Within a short time Waycross will
have a ndto -manager at t)ie Western
Union office. The' transfer of G. A.
Maxwell to tho office at Natches,
Miss., mjriro* this Mc'essury.
While in (jphargo of the Waycross
office Mr. Maxwell has made inanjr
friends, who will fiogret to learn of
the clmngo. ’s Taking the Natchez of*
hee ls a -promotion 'for Mr. Maxwell,
which j2 w Pteasjnk.io t his friends. At-
the present the/ office will be in
:harge of u temiloraiy manager, pend
ing; the arrival iof the successor to
Mr. 1 Maxwell. j
NOTICE.
\
All taxes dq©,' state uqd County,,
will call nt Sheriffs office mid settle
wiiiio by Jan. 28, oi\ levy, will be
luttife.
D. W. Pittman. Sheriff.
fljbua in size there will lie even mo:
doing.
AT THE MAJESTIC.
If you don’t like our show Monday
and Tuesday, matinee and night you
can have your money hack. We ore
offering l.udle’ Whlloellff and Jack
Usher in hlgh-clacs vuudevllle sketch
—singing and danctyig. Also Warren
E. MBs', in old time darkey singing
an't^Kiclng act. We will also s
Sginal Buffalo Hill Wild West
shoW.m-ompplete, In moving pictures.
This pw:fure alone Is worth theprlro
ot admission. We personally endorse
this show and guarantee It to lie
worth the price of ndmlsslon, 15c and
25c.
NEAR FIRE IN
BIO SAW MILL
Prompt work by the employees and
the volunteer firemen at Mllltown
Pcturday night saved i from destruc
tion by. fire tho. Immense saw mill
of the jtamey and Smith Company.
About 9 .o’clock a blaze was dlscor*
ered in the planing mill, and. the ‘firef
alarm given. Tito quick -work fn
checking, tee names' saved Mill I own
t om what would lave been a very
df matrons fire. ' " ..
uonble expense.
The situation will not come to. a
head before the spring, but mean
while It will continue to be the phlef
subject for political speculation.
MANY GO TO
CORDELE COURT
Quite u muntier of Waycm?, nt
torjicy* and other* went, to Cortlele
today to’'intend the fourh trial of
former She Iff W. B. I.yena, of Wayne
county, and hia non Archie, who la
charged Jointly with the murder of
M. Fleming Smith at Jeaup In 1908.
The trial will bn presided over by
Judge If. V. Whipple^ end will prob
ably occupy all of tbe wweek. I.lttle
If nny trouble In iccurlng n Jury la
anticipated an tile p-laoneru hare few
Iff any relations In CrMp eountjt.
NOTICE.
PITTMAN CIGAR.CO.. ARE STILL
IN THE CIGAR BUSINESS IN WAY-
CROSS AND WILL BE FOR YEARS
TO. COME. OEMANO THE BEST
CIGARS, “Y. B. 8."! .''WAYCR08S
QA'S.", (LOOK FOR GOLD LET,
TCRS); “PITTMAN’S BEST SMOK
ERS.'' « -it
l.ooh for Hardy Bros, need ad on
page 4.
If the other town, and cities lu tbe
Eleventh Georgia District haven't aa
many people' an they wnd’t It Isn’t
our g|iilt. We didn't bolhl any of
•"ficm, tut W'aycrosi., ?
,We cull special attention lo the’ ,.i
' II. .1. Benton and Co., on the nfift
RE
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when you are In search of any do-
ncrlptlon of riel estate. If. you wltb
to have a house or store you win
find our, lists include shout every-,
thing worth looking al.
IF YOU WANTO 'BUY REAL
ESTATE
you will cousinly save llm^ and’
probably money, by consulting us a*’
to your requirnmonts. Our exper
ience and knowledge of vines should
certainly- bo of service .to you ns they
have proved lo be lo many others.
A. M. Knight
and’Son
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